"We should think of the methods [of voting], I believe, simply as convenient ways of doing business, useful but flawed. This gives them all a place in the world, but it makes none of them sacrosanct."
- Liberalism Against Populism: A Confrontation Between the Theory of Democracy and the Theory of Social Choice
by William H. Riker
Powerful! I don't think this idea is widely accepted yet. But I think it helps to make sense of the difficulties democracies are having around the world.
“They’re hypocrites”: Republicans now funding the same voting methods they demonized under Trump — “What they do is lie to try to steal elections, that has not stopped,” says Colorado Sec. of State Jena Griswold
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There is a significant ongoing debate in the United States on the merits of plurality voting (how most American elections are conducted) and how alternatives may produce more representative results. In new research, academics from The Center for Election Science, the Paris School of Economics, and the University of Strasbourg use the 2016 U.S. presidential […]
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My name is Aaron. I do #webdev stuff, enjoy playing #guitar and #keyboard just for fun. I #bike and think about #climate, #urbanPlanning, and #votingMethods a lot lately.
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